Pieternella Hendrika "Henny" Vegter (born 28 February 1958, in
Rotterdam
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) is a
sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.
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from the
Netherlands
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who represented her country at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in
Pusan
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. With
Marion Bultman
Marion Alette Bultman (born 16 February 1960 in Oosterbeek) is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Pusan. With Henny Vegter
Pieternella Hendrika "Henny" Vegter (born 28 February 1958, in Ro ...
as crew, Vegter took the 13th place in the
470 Female.
Vegter and Bultman were, with the exception of
Mej. C. de Visser – substitute for the Star in 1936 –, the first female sailing competitors in the 88 years of Dutch Olympic sailing history.
Further reading
1988 Olympics (Pusan)
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References
1958 births
Living people
Dutch female sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors of the Netherlands
Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – 470
Sportspeople from Rotterdam
20th-century Dutch women
21st-century Dutch women
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